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By Bill Lydon, Editor Pharmaceutical automation professionals participated in an Automation Engineering Survey that focused on career, training, development, work tasks, use of contractors and more. This article summarizes the results of that survey. While the results are particular to the pharmaceutical industry, they are indicative of challenges faced by all industry segments.

By Wilmer Zhou, IHS Developments within the linear and torque motors market are varied amongst different countries, industries and even different customers, meaning there are many opportunities for specialized companies diving into this market

By Amy Wells, Electroustic Connectors come in all shapes and sizes depending on environment and application. There are literally thousands of options, sometimes for the same job. Inevitably, this can cause a lot of confusion.

By Stahlin All enclosure materials ---- stainless steel, polycarbonate and FRP --- will provide protection in a variety of applications. It is critical to evaluate the environmental factors of the application where the enclosure will be used.

By Thomas R. Cutler A successful roll out of automated equipment does not remove or reduce audit requirements for the associated processes. Whether the audit requirement is sourced from industrial standards, or government regulatory compliance, or contractual obligations to an OEM or required by internally mandated safety or quality initiatives, running multiple audit and inspection programs is unavoidable.

By Simon Dear, Cynergy3 Components When selecting sensors for liquid level measurement applications, engineers are often faced with numerous technologies and measuring principles to choose from. Here’s an overview of five common level sensing technologies and the applications these are best suited to.

The growing demand for open-network communication network systems and real-time diagnostic information generation systems is driving the demand for iMCCs primarily.

By Chris Jones, Micro-Epsilon UK This article discusses the different methods of sensor triggering, their impact on measurement cycle times and the benefits they can offer over continuous measurement.

By Mark Proctor, EU Automation The difference between distributed control systems (DCSs) and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) can be boiled down to a football metaphor. Your DCS is your captain. Your PLC is more like a utility player This article provides an analysis of DCSs and PLCs in the modern plant.

Automation is rapidly perforating all sorts of industrial applications and the past few years have witnessed considerable rate of adaptation of automation devices and its accessories. Touch Based Human Machine Interface (HMI) are among the major automation oriented devices deployed across major applications in industrial automation, automotive, oil & gas sectors.

Warehouse Robots are the autonomous machines which are programmed for various material handling tasks carried out to efficiently stock the raw materials, semi-finished and final products in storage sites. There are various types of mobile and fixed robots which synchronously work for conveying the inventories across the warehouse.

Americas is the dominant region for artificial lift systems industry with U.S leading the charge. Asia-Pacific is projected to have highest growth in the next few years due to growing adoption of artificial lifts in oil and gas applications.

By Greg Goodwin, LNS Research This article dives deeper into the methodology of the 2015-2016 Metrics that Matter Research study, important trends around awareness and adoption, and how manufacturers are approaching analytics today to drive new value.

Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are autonomous mobile robotic driverless vehicles employed in industries for material handling. The first AGV was developed by A.M. Barrett, Jr. in 1954 which navigated by following wires mounted in factory ceiling. This was employed in his industry, Barrett Electronics.

The APAC region holds the largest share of the market due to the large growth in the industrial production mostly in China and other South-east Asian countries. Experts estimate APAC industrial motors market to have a huge growth during the forecast period 2015 - 2020.

By Adam Bannaghan, Design Rule This article discusses three ways that the digital continuity of PLM helps manufacturers more easily deliver high quality innovative products.

The major drivers for Intelligent Motor Control Centers (iMCC) Market are the increasing focus of organizations on open communication networks, energy saving, efficiency improvement and the growing IoT technology in manufacturing and engineering.

By Catherine Simon, Innorobo Whatever the editorial stance and target audience, all of the media are talking about robotics. Yet the reality of the robotics transformation varies , and many innovations are having a hard time carving out a place for themselves on the market.

By Ian Brown, M.A.C. Solutions For the process industries, it is essential to manage change when making modifications to alarms and alarm systems. Management of Change (MoC) should therefore be a fundamental process within the alarm management lifecycle

By Brigg Patten Big data will either push the world and humanity toward perfection or damage the world through growing instability where those who control the algorithms hold the keys.